Creating a standalone release - Revision history

Castler at 03:00, 6 January 2014

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BDota at 19:32, 22 November 2013

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Castler at 17:18, 22 November 2013

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Castler: Created page with "How to create a standalone release (how to create your own boot module): * Download http://te4.org/dl/dev/boot-example.zip as a base for the main menu. * Remove the boot modul..."

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Created page with "How to create a standalone release (how to create your own boot module): * Download http://te4.org/dl/dev/boot-example.zip as a base for the main menu. * Remove the boot modul..."

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How to create a standalone release (how to create your own boot module):
* Download http://te4.org/dl/dev/boot-example.zip as a base for the main menu.
* Remove the boot module from <code>game/engines/default/modules/boot*</code>
* Put your new boot module in place.
* Edit or replace <code>boot/data/gfx/background/</code> files with your own splash screen.
* Edit <code>boot/init.lua</code> to give it a correct name, change the boot screen's startup background, etc. (This <code>init.lua</code> uses the same format as the one you created in [[Getting Started]].)
* Grab ToME's archives, inside replace the boot module by yours and tome module by yours.

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	* Edit <code>boot/init.lua</code> to give it a correct name, change the boot screen's startup background, etc. (This <code>init.lua</code> uses the same format as the one you created in [[Getting Started]].)		* Edit <code>boot/init.lua</code> to give it a correct name, change the boot screen's startup background, etc. (This <code>init.lua</code> uses the same format as the one you created in [[Getting Started]].)
	* Grab ToME's archives, inside replace the boot module by yours and tome module by yours.		* Grab ToME's archives, inside replace the boot module by yours and tome module by yours.
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 * Edit or replace <code>boot/data/gfx/background/</code> files with your own splash screen.
 * Edit <code>boot/init.lua</code> to give it a correct name, change the boot screen's startup background, etc.  (This <code>init.lua</code> uses the same format as the one you created in [[Getting Started]].)
-* Grab ToME's archives, inside replace the boot module by yours and tome module by yours.
+* Grab a copy of ToME.  Inside, replace the boot module with yours the tome module with yours.
 {{Module Guides}}

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-How to create a standalone release (how to create your own boot module):
+Creating a standalone release allows people to play your game without having to download ToME, download your module, put it in the right place, etc.  It also allows you to customize the boot module (which handles the startup screen and main menu) so that you can come up with something thematically appropriate for your module.
 * Download http://te4.org/dl/dev/boot-example.zip as a base for the main menu.
 * Remove the boot module from <code>game/engines/default/modules/boot*</code>